Primary
King's Gate Primary School
Great Amber Way, Amesbury, Salisbury, SP4 7GD
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 211 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.6
- Local authority
- Wiltshire
- Trust
- KING ALFRED TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 12.6
- Pupils per adult
- 14.2
- Pupils
- 179
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
80%
20 points above the Salisbury average (60% across 40 schools)
111.0
5.7 above the Salisbury average (105.3 across 40 schools)
2nd of 41 by our score, among the primary schools in Salisbury we can score - 49 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 108 |
| Average reading score | 111 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 80% |
| Working at a higher standard | 27% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 82% |
| 24/25 | 80% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 111.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
Great Amber Way, Amesbury, Salisbury, SP4 7GD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Wiltshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Sasha Owen
- Address
- Great Amber Way, Amesbury, Salisbury, SP4 7GD
- Telephone
- 01980669777
Other primary schools nearby
- Amesbury Archer Primary School5.7/10
- Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury2.6/10
- Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School4.5/10
- Bulford St Leonard's C of E (VA) Primary School5.0/10
- Durrington Church of England Controlled Junior School5.3/10
- St Michael's Church of England Primary School1.4/10